Sticky Fingers

It’s a good album. Reminds me of my dad. I do however find the blatant rip off of r and b musicians to be a bit distracting.

The Rolling Stones have at least 3 perfect albums. This is one of them. And it's probably the best sounding of the 3. The production on this album is awesome. When I noticed the layering of guitar riffs in "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" with big headphones as a kid for the first time it was probably the first time I ever realized there were people who recorded music for a living. And made decisions about how to record it. Decisions that went beyond the songwriting and composition. This album changed music for me. And it holds up tremendously.

Instant conversion experience! A band that, for silly reasons, I never gave the time of day. And then 1001 Albums Generator made me sit down and really listen. And I realized… I already knew half of the songs! And they’re amazing. I just get a great feeling, listening to this album. I’m sure others have some background on this, but one thing that surprised me was the recording quality, for the period. I think this was 1971, and it really sounds like a big upgrade in overall sound quality, compared to rock albums beforehand. The guitars in particular sound perfect. That’s the sound in my head that I hear when I think “guitar.” Just amazing. Going back for my second go-round, driving across the Midwest. Perfect.

Despite some uncomfortable lyrics, this album rocks good, the stones almost at their finest

There are some good rocking tracks on this. There are some interminably long and boring tracks in this (looking at you Can't You Hear Me Knocking?) album. Has it stood the test of time? Kinda. Is it way past its best? Also yes. Is it good for four or five stars? Even three? No.

Except for the appalling racism, a fine album.

Classic

Top 5 all time

::reads "Brown Sugar" lyrics hahahaha fuck these culture vultures and fuck their song about raping slaves

The best album I’ve reviewed so far. Every single song is a hit. Brown Sugar, Sway & Wild Horses are a kick start to the heart to open this incredible album. The opening guitar riff to Can’t You Hear Me Knocking is killer. It gets twangy with You Got To Move. The strings sound rusty, in a good way. Bitch has a bitchin’ horn section. I Got The Blues is the perfect emotional slow down jam. The album slows way down at the end, in the best way, with Sister Morphine (though this song builds annd builds) and the broken hearts anthem Dead Flowers. Finally, Moonlight Mile is one of their best slow songs. Is it about drugs…or life on the road? Why can’t it be both?! A TEN STAR MUSICAL MASTERPIECE!!!

It was good but didn't really catch my attention

This listen was a bit sticky, in a bad way

Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, Can’t You Hear Me Knocking and Bitch all on one album. And the rest is solid too.

Wild Horses is an all time great song. Not my favorite Stones album otherwise.

Daaaymn this is good

I've never really got the Rolling Stones, but listening to this it's finally clicked. An undeniably great blues rock record that is both dirty and raucous, and tender and pretty. My personal highlights are the more tender moments. Wild Horses and Moonlight Mile stand out but there's hardly a weak track on the album and the balance of hard and soft on this record is perfect. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Wild Horses Date listened: 16/12/22

Top three stones

Fun for running errands

brown sugar tho wtf....

Finally I listened their album from start to finish

It’s cool! I used to record a band that sang like these guys. It’s cool to here their influence.

Not a fan.

Historically I have struggled to find The Rolling Stones to be worth my time when it comes to listening to one of their records. As a younger person who was influenced by my POP's record collection in the beginning, I appreciated the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and many others from the jump. The Stones were the band from that era I trashed consistently. Over time I've been able to appreciate more of the music and a few of Mick Jagger's best performances. This record has a couple of tracks that I enjoyed; they were: Brown Sugar and Wild Horses. And so I give this record one star for posterity and a star for each song I could dig.

Catchy chord progressions, moody blues, and sick dirty riffs that certainly don’t belong in 1971!

It's hard to believe we really heard this and thought "wow those British dudes sure are creative and groovy."

Classic album, no bad tracks. I have a hard time listening to "Brown Sugar" due to the lyrics but have to remember that this was released in the 60s.

Classic and full-on Stonesy - it's the non-hits that drive the quality, really – though it's not their absolute peak. One feels the need to shower after hearing "Can You Hear Me Knockin'".

RS’ best album, bar none.

Maybe I've listened to too much stuff, but I don't feel too interested in The Rolling Stones anymore. I can recognize this as one of their best works though. Favorites: Wild Horses, Dead Flowers, Moonlight Mile

Decent enough. Whatevs

Man this album was boring. Had 1 catchy good track. The rest was just a bunch of mono bluesy crap

Although I'm familiar with most of these songs I'm not quite old enough to have ever seen the album itself. Looking at the cover art now I find it quite obnoxious. Learning that the album cover featured an actual zipper you could unzip -- that's uber obnoxious. Kudos. Brown Sugar is such a great opening track, provided you don't listen too closely to the lyrics. Wild Horses is another complete classic and I've always loved Can't You Hear Me Knocking. I've always felt pretty take it or leave it with the Stones, but willing to acknowledge that they do have some truly great individual songs. Listening to Beggars Banquet earlier in this pushed me a little away from them, to be honest. But Sticky Fingers is a solid argument for why the Rolling Stones very much do belong in the pantheon of all time great rock bands.

Good old fashioned rock and roll.

Rollareiden parhaimpia biisejä: Brown sugar ja Wild horses. Lopun venyttelyt vähän laskevat tunnelmaa. Ei kokonaisuus, mutta 70-luvulla ei ehkä sellaista vielä samalla lailla haettukaan.

Levy alkaa mahdollisesti maailman parhaalla kappaleella, ja ainakin maailman parhaalla riffillä - joka on vielä JAGGERIN säveltämä, mikä sotii kiinnostavasti Keith-myyttiä (johon uskon täysin) vastaan. Mutta faktat faktoina: albumin A-puoli on kokonaisuudessaan liian hidas ja 70-lukulaisen junnaava. Sway on levyn kontekstissa soulfilleriä, Wild Horses yliarvostettu ja Can't You Hear Me Knocking aikansa vakiofunkkia. Toisin on B-puolen laita. Jokainen sen kappaleista edustaa omassa lajissaan lähes täydellisyytta, ja vaikka on tietysti kuulijan omasta esteettisestä suuntautumisesta kiinni, mikä niistä iskee kovimmin, yhdenkään ansiokkuutta ei voi kiistää. Itse äänestän Bitchin ja Dead Flowersin puolesta.

Near-flawless

Super upbeat happy music. I haven’t really given the Stones the time of day until now so it’s super refreshing.

It's the Rolling Stones. It's Sticky Fingers. I would love to give it 5 stars but I've never listened to a Stones album and put it on my list of things to listen to over and over again. Great great songs but not a whole album.

Back in the 60s and 70s, people thought they could be either a Beatles or Stones fan. I leaned more into the Beatles camp. I didn't HATE the Stones, but I didn't know them as well as I probably should. A number of the tracks I recognize, but did not realize the titles ("Bitch," for example). Three songs I was not a big fan of: "Wild Horses" (had heard it before, it seemed like a forced country song) "I Got The Blues" - the lyrics felt a little forced, and the conclusion was kind of clunky "Moonlight Mile" - the ending kinda trailed off. But most of that is quibbling the strengths of this album: "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?" "Bitch" "Sway" "Sister Morphine" It's weird to hear "Brown Sugar"now, since the Stones have retired that track since they felt it's so... problematic. But it's still a great track. The minor quibbles I have with the album aside, this would be one of the albums I would have people start with for the Stones. Solid effort by them.

There are some real beauties on this album, just oozing old time blues rock. Brown Sugar, Can't You Hear Me Knocking (awesome guitar work), Bitch. So good. So classic Stones. And there's some good ballads too with some real deep lyrics. Wild Horses, Sister Morphine. Though not quite as good, respect for some of the more straight ahead blues efforts like You Gotta Move and I Got the Blues. Don't forget where the Stones came from, and blues is it. I was close to a 5 but I feel like I gave them a bump on another album that was maybe just a 4, and not all Stones albums should be a 5.

- Never listened to this in full before - Similar feeling to most Stones albums I've heard, some really good songs and some that I think are only ok - Fav songs: Wild Horses, Brown Sugar, Sway

A real classic. I liked the album from start to end. Proper blues rock album, with some great hits!

Hate Micky Jagger's voice. Can't you hear me knocking I will say is the business.

9/10 F.T: Sister Morphine

Cannot believe that this superb album currently has an average review score under 4! Looking at the low score reviews makes me think that there is something seriously wrong with some of the people using this website >:[ I've loved this album for more than 30 years, and it was a pleasure to have an excuse to listen to it again. It's the third in a hot streak of four albums that will all get 5 stars from me, and probably the most varied. The remastered edition released in 2015 is well worth buying, even if you have an earlier version.

Not a big fan of this older style of blues-y rock in general, nothing against this album in particular.

Between 3&4 but felt the class deserved a 4

4/5. There is a lot to love on this classic album. Brown Sugar is an iconic classic. Wild Horses is one of the top 10 Stones songs of all time. Bitch has a familiar riff that makes me feel like I know the song, but I really don’t remember ever hearing it before. I Got the Blues sounds so Ottis Redding-like with out being a rip off. It is a perfect tribute to a master of soulful blues. Can’t you hear me knocking is two songs in one: the song and the jam session. Just imagine what we have lost if they didn’t keep recording after the main part of the song was over. Dead Flowers, shows how versatile the band can be. Rock, blues and now country….Sticky fingers gives the listener one joyful surprise after another. And at no time does the listener get the feeling they know what is coming next. The album winds down with Moonlight Mile, a soulful rock ballad that gives the listener time to reflect on what they just took in during the previous forty minutes. I can just image listening to this album for the first time back in 1971… hearing the final song fade, listening as the needle makes it was to the end of the album, the arm lifting up and start moving back to the resting place. I would have probably been chilling on a bean-bag and would have just sat in silence for a half hour only to get up, flip the album over to side 1 and start the journey again.

Solid blues rock record.

Arguably my favorite stones album, not really anything bad to say about it.

I expected this album to go into 3 star rock hell, but it was a bit more interesting than that!

Classic. Can't You Hear Me Knocking has always been a personal favourite!

Best Rolling Stones album

Generally pleasant, something good, something meh, not excited

I've listened to quite a bit of The Rolling Stones before, but never sat and listened to a whole album cover to cover. Right off the bat, I knew Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, and Can't You Hear Me Knocking. I enjoyed the country/blues feel of the songs You Gotta Move and I Got The Blues. Sister Morphine is a beautifully sad song about drug addiction. The way the song starts slow and melancholic, and continues to build as the lyrics spin a tale of desperation and desire adds to the beauty of the track. Bitch and Sway both had rockin' feels to them. I enjoy the addition of brass instruments by times (mainly in the song Can't You Hear Me Knocking) Overall a great album. Got me familiar with some of The Rolling Stones lesser known tracks, some of which are gems. Favourite songs: Brown Sugar, Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Sway, Bitch, Sister Morphine, Wild Horses Least favourite song: Moonlight Mile 4/5

One of their best

À mon avis, le meilleur des Stones. Les tounes ont des arrangements superbes. C’est très réfléchi comme album. Les solos de guitare et de hammond et de sax (oui, de sax) sont malades.

Un bon album des Stones, mais encore une fois, je ne peux pas dire que je l'aime d'un bout à l'autre. Brown Sugar et Wild Horses sont des incontournables du groupe. J'aime beaucoup la pochette du vinyle où ils ont mis de véritables fermetures éclaires sur les pochettes.

thought i'd vibe with this more than i ended up doing

eeeeh

it's ok

Fuck yes. Love this album.

Great album! Never listened to the Stones apart from best of, but this was really good.

Lekker potje muziek

Zoveel goede muziek van de Stones. Maar dit album is echt overschat...

Lekker bluesy

Oh baby - five stars all the way

I've never actually listened to a Rolling Stones album in full. This is a band that I've just never been a huge fan of in general for reasons I can't explain. I knew the hits off this album but the non-hits didn't do anything for me. It's still good music, but it just doesn't excite me much in any way.

Great album. Brown Sugar and Can't You Hear Me Knocking are my favorites, but Wild Horses, Dead Flowers and Sway are all killer tracks. Legendary band for good reason and I was lucky enough to see their full lineup in Denver in 2019. They live up to the hype of 50+ years, which you just can't say about many other bands ever.

Probably my favourite Stones album. Mainly because Wild Horses is my favourite Stones song. While I'm not the biggest fan this is a band at its peak.

Awesome!

bien pero tranqui. 7 / 10

Meh. Wish the Stones could do an album without completely out of touch lyrics for once.

Not a big stones fan and this album is nothing special

Hells yeah buddy boys.

This album has its issues but a lot of it is great. Wild Horses and Dead Flowers are two highlights, and Moonlight Mile is a perfect closer

Un clásico con todas las letras, que nunca me había tomado el tiempo de disfrutar y debería haberlo hecho

Love this album. Their best, in my opinion. I have no more words.

Never listened to a Rolling Stones Album before. I had to get up to check if it was a Blues singer. I’m from Memphis-home of the Blues, so I know our sound. I found myself in a deep while about how they were inspired by the sound. Connection made. Good listen.

Stones, baby! There's some pretty great guitar sounds on this album. Richards is by no means the best player, but I do like many of his licks; it's really hard to beat Can't You Hear Me Knocking.

Liked this more than I like most Rolling Stones. Actually was pretty good. 3.75/5

Just really good stuff. Terrific songwriting and playing, and the pacing is perfect. If you’ve been rocked too hard, it’s time for some well-placed slow moments, and then back to the groove. The Stones at their best mayb. A-, could be an A and 5 stars but I need to hoard these better

Moonlight Mile is SUCH an amazing song... definitely bumped the whole album up an extra star. The rest of the album definitely wasn't my favorite of what The Rolling Stones has in their arsenal but still always solid music

I appreciate what The Rolling Stones has done for music and their influence on others, but this was a middle-of-the-road album for me.

I love a classic rock blues sound. Their music has survived decades and that’s pretty remarkable

Too many good tracks on this album to let the "meh" ones bring it down. Just a pleasure to listen to so much of this.

After enduring a Smashing Pumpkins double album this record was a glorious relief. Everything you want from a Stones album with some copper bottomed classics. Best song, with some rivals, Wild Horses.

Just a classic, with every kind of rock and roll you need. From jazz and blues, to acoustic ballads, to excellent riffs. Probably the most consistent stones album.

Good stuff!

Brown shoogah, good album, more easy to listen to than other stones albums.

This album has some hits but it desperately lacks some bangers. It's far from pain to listen to, I would even say it's good. But it reeks out false sentiment in some places and bores in others.

Didn't catch me at all, it's not bad but I honestly expected more...

Really great - the Stones have got such a great sound, and some real tunes.

Good all the way through, nice to listen some Stones songs which aren't that mainstream

I loved this. What a band

Banging!

Pretty much banging from start to finish, few tracks that were a tad slow for my taste but still great

Music doesn’t get much better, a fine album from one history’s most important groups.

Some really classic Stones songs.

This is what I think about when I think Rolling Stones

This sounds like music for sad drunk guys at a biker bar in Alabama.

There were some memorable and endearing parts, notably Wild Horses and Sister Morphine, but it felt bogged down by the rest of the album. Ultimately, I think this album would've benefited from a slight trimming. Still a pretty charming album, just not world-shattering.

Banger. Et av de store albumene fra min ungdomstid.

One of their less annoying ones, this has some good stuff on itm

Good stuff. Impressive cover ;)

For sure a milestone in the ever-expanding career of the Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers contains some of Jagger and Richards' best songwriting. Mixed with a band that sound so incredibly in sync and the product is bound to be extraordinary. While 'Can't Hear Me Knocking' and 'Dead Flowers' showcase the band at their grooviest best, the biggest highlight is without a doubt 'Wild Horses' which is as beautiful as 'Brown Sugar' is creepy. The use of 'Wild Horses' in the Gimme Shelter documentary - with the camera panning over the faces of the then-young group contemplating their own lives and the stark contrast to the tragedy at Altamont Free Concert - is one of the greatest moments of rock and roll ever caught on film.

Let's just address the elephant in the room right away. Yes, "Brown Sugar" is icky as hell lyrically. But musically it's as strong an opener as the Rolling Stones ever delivers. After the disbandment of the Beatles the previous the year, Sticky Fingers feels like the Stones proving, that those hyper popular 60's bands would continue to have a voice leading into the next decade as well; with the Stones later proving that they would still have a voice even some 50 years later. This also finds the band venturing further into both jazz and country which really suits the frantic sound the Stones is equally capable of delivering. Also a review of Sticky Fingers without a mention of the absolute pinnacle of this record: "Wild Horses". So here goes. "Wild Horses"? Wow.

Have never been a big listener of the Stones and still don't really understand how they've made a multi-decade career out of playing different versions of 4 or 5 songs... The hits are still hits, 'Brown Suger'and 'Wild Horses', but sound best suited to being blasted out by a wedding DJ at 11pm after the father of the bride and his mates have got on the sauce and are wanting a good ol' sing-song.

Veldig gode på bluse sanger. Litt ensidig og mye av det samme.

Probablement le meilleur album des Rolling Stones que j'ai écouté à date. Je comprends pourquoi c'est souvent lui qui est mentionné quand on parle d'albums classiques du band

Classic Rock n Roll. Not their best album but still good for cruising around town.

Not my favorite of their albums but still a good one.

CD

Classic album, classic rock

It was all right but nothing much special on this album IMO

As usual with a stones album, there's some good songs and some bad songs. Not as good as Let It Bleed (but also not as bad).

This album is just full of classics and might be their best. I'm listening to it again now just because I liked it so much. It rocks, has great hooks, and features a fully-committed Jagger belting out the no-nonsense, often-edgy lyrics.

Hey, finally a Stones album and a great one at that. "Sticky Fingers" is the 9th British and 11th American studio album for the Rolling Stones. It is the first album on their Rolling Stone label and the first usage of their tongue and cheek logo. The iconic cover is a photo from Andy Warhol's art collective, The Fancy, and featured an actual working zipper. Later pressings had to remove the actual zipper due to it damaging the vinyl. It is considered one of the all-time best album covers. Musically, the Stones went back to a more blues, R&B and country focus from previous albums which had pyschedelic elements. One of the reasons is that Mick Taylor replaced Brian Jones on guitar. And Mick Taylor brings a lot to the table on this. Songs were recorded at both Muscle Shoals Studio in Alabama and in Stargroves in the UK. The lyrics are basically about girls and drugs. The music has just a dirty and nasty feel and vibe. The second album side is a highlight for me where they write and record pretty much the best songs about drugs ever...ever. One of the most recognizable rock and roll guitar riffs opens up "Brown Sugar." The swagger. The groove. Booby Keys on tenor sax. I've always like Mick Jagger on the maracas. Lyrically, this song would not get recorded today..about girls, drugs and other things. One of my favorite deep album cuts from anyone is "Sway" with the incredible bottleneck slide guitar and ending guitar solo from Mick Taylor. Charlie Watts. Keith Richard's backing vocals. "It's just that demon life has got me in its sway." And speaking of great lyrics, "Wild Horses" has some the Stones' best and is about staying with someone who's done you wrong. A country song ( yes and not the last one) written with Gram Parsons. Both Mick Taylor and Keith Richards on acoustic guitar. Let's keep talking about Keif as he just delivers one of the best and most bad-ass guitar openings ever in "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and continues throughout the song. Jagger on the lady prowl. The main song is only about 2:43 but the tape machine was left on after the band ended the song where they proceeded to just jam. To me, Prince seems to pay homage to this jam on his album version of "I Can Never Take the Place of Your Man." The second druggy side kicks in with their straight-forward rocker "Bitch." Great horns. Another nasty bad-ass guitar solo. Can we say heroin. "Ya, when you call my name, I salivate like Pavlov's dog." Speaking of heroin, "Sister Morphine" was written with Marianne Faithfull. Great slide guitar by Ry Cooler and piano/organ by Jim Nitzche. The darkest song on a pretty dark album. Continuing the heroin theme, "Dead Flowers" was a song inspired by Gram Parsons. Their second country-based song. Jagger with a southern US accent. Mick Taylor and Keith Richard's on the honkey-tonk guitars. "Moonlight Mile" ends the album and is another one of the Stones' deep album gems and a ballad at that. Jagger and Taylor on the guitars. The songs ends majestically with strings. Most likely about loneliness/alienation on the road. It does mention cocaine to keep the drug focus going. It would be impossible for me to pick a favorite Stones' album but as you can see, which actually surprised me after I finished, this album contains a lot of personal musical highlights and great songs...not only in the Stones catalog but in rock and roll and any music style in general.

Incredible listen. Iconic record. That is all.

9/10

I really enjoy this album. Might have surpassed Exile as my favorite Stones album with this listen. Can’t go wrong w these guys. The long ass outro on Can’t Hear me Knocking that I just learned was improvised WOWZERS. I Got the Blues is such a beautiful song that I’d really never given a chance. Sister Morphine too. The acoustic rhythm and electric riffing overplay and then the drums hit like halfway through it FUCK. Mick jagger is also a poet. Sweet cousin Cocaine lay your cool hand on my head. Some fucking rockstars. The blending of styles on here is something else- they could do everything. Dead Flowers’s saloon cowboy thumpy cigarette smoking vibe into the beautiful orchestral doing-shrooms-in-the-woods with your girl and being satisfied with your life Moonlight Mile. That’s one of my favorite songs ever. I remember driving riley home from pittsburgh and listening to Moonlight Mile with her asleep on my shoulder and feeling at peace with the universe. Such a calmingly serene piece of art. Sticky Fingers is so good. There’s not one bad song on it.

S Tier = Brown Sugar; Can’t You Hear Me Knocking; Bitch A Tier = Wild Horses; Sister Morphine B Tier = Dead Flowers; Moonlight Mile C Tier = Sway; I Got the Blues D Tier = You Gotta Move AVG SCORE: 3.4 / 5 --- I've always appreciated the Stones' impact on music, but have never been what I would consider a "fan." I'd wager that my familiarity with their work is only slightly above average, and many of my favorites are in lock-step with pop culture. Seeing "Brown Sugar," "Can't You Hear Me Knocking," and "Bitch" on the tracklist brought a big smile to my face -- they are my top three Stones songs, after all -- and "Wild Horses" is one I can enjoy when the mood strikes, so I knew from the outset this would be a fun time. But I was also pleasantly surprised by the haunting "Sister Morphine," which instantly hooked me on my first listen. "Dead Flowers" and "Moonlight Mile" didn't quite have the same pull, but they were absolutely serviceable cruising tunes. Really, with the exception of "You Gotta Move," I could just hit shuffle and let this album play without skipping a song. And for that reason, I give it a bump to 4-stars.

certified classic rock n roll album

CANT YOU HEAR ME KNOCKIN

What I can say about this album is that I listened to an album. That’s it. The fact that it took me so long to focus and listen to it attentively is proof enough that I didn’t like it very much. I can appreciate it deals with some controversial topics that must have been not very talked about at the time, taboo. But is the first song straight up racist/sexist? It doesn’t make a difference anyways because I didn’t like it, so I won’t be listening to it. There was a song is particular that made me feel relieved when the singing stopped and the instrumental melodies began — like thank god. I liked I Got The Blues, the latter part of Sister Morphine, Can’t You Hear Me Knocking. Oh god, I really don’t like country. Is this rock or country? The very country ones I don’t like with the weird singing that almost sounds off key because of how squeaky it is. The lyrics of the last song, Moonlight Mile, are kinda good but the sleazy was ruins it for me.

Yeah, cool. The hard-panned guitars get a bit grating after a while. Couple of decent tunes though. Stand out tracks: Can You Hear Me Knocking, Wild Horses, Bitch.

I saw a Stones tribute recently a

Listen.

Discazo. Un tema mejor que el otro. Lo adoro

A few standout tracks: Wild Horses, Can’t You Hear Me Knocking, Bitch

Wild Horses best track on the album

Giving it a 2 ⭐️⭐️ out of 5. Not making it into my top 100 albums. Songs I might listen to again - Can’t you hear me knocking (enjoyed the guitar solo and The Doors vibe).  But not a massive Rolling Stones fan (although Paint it Black is a brilliant song)

S obzirom da se otvara s brown sugar koja ne da je problematična nego hiperproblematična, ovaj album je i dalje bezobrazno dobar. Meni vjerojatno najbolja ploča stonesa

right off the bat you could just hear rock and roll which is just everything i look for in an album. it was pure rock and it was good.

Not really a Stones fan here even if I'm likely firmly in an ideal demographic.... but this is *the* album. No 60s polite rock, no meandering like they were about to bore me with on "Exile..." - this is 45 minutes of mostly to-the-point grimy greasy excellent bluesy ROCK. Virtually every song works and there's a decent flow to the album, especially the first half: from the killer opening single of "Brown Sugar," the mellow "Wild Horses" through the groove of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and rollicking "Bitch" it's a great collection. Strong American blues/country influence throughout - although at times a bit too much - e.g the painfully slow bluesy tunes do nothing for me (e.g. "I Got the Blues" and "You Gotta Move" which also seems a bit too derivative) - and the 2nd half drags a bit but this might be the album to give the casual rock fan / i.e. someone who isn't always convinced of the Rolling Stones (e.g. me). When they were on like they were here, they were tough to top. 8/10 4 stars.

So far, so good Moonlight Mile is quite boring Brown Sugar is a blast

Can't You Hear Me Knocking is one of the Stones most under-appreciated song, at least measured by popular radio playback.

Okej, but not impressed.

4 Bought this album when it came out. Bitch was the reason. Brown Sugar got more play but seems problematic. Several other good-to-great songs, some beautifully done- Wild Horses, Sister Morphine, Dead Flowers. But like many other Stones albums, some ridiculous crap- You Got To Move.

Love the melancholic vibe of Wild Horses, would have left the rest of the songs on the cutting room floor (yes even Brown Sugar). Why does the Rolling Stones music always sound so perv-y.

This album was pretty good, enjoyed Wild Horses and can't you hear me knocking the most but probably preferred them due to familiarity

classic and iconic. fave track is moonlight mile.

Couple tracks with cool sound, nothing that really grabbed me.

Very good, no bad songs. Favourite so far

First album on this list! Enjoyed hearing the guitars at different spots in the soundstage and being able to tell exactly where and how they interlocked. Sister Morphine is the standout for me.

This thing rocks, great tunes all throughout with some solid slow jams as well. Highlights: Brown Sugar, Bitch, Wild Horses, Can’t You Hear Me Knocking

swing and hard with gender

I kinda get why they were pressured to drop Brown Sugar from their live setlist. Yeah Keith says it's anti-slavery but is it? Is it proslavery? Is it about Bowie's Lady Grinning Soul? Is it about brown heroin? Smart money says Keith doesn't remember so yeah stop playing it live. Great song though - assuming it's not pro-slavery Apparently Keith was MIA from both Sway and Moonlight Mile - just the two Micks on guitar. The jam at the end of Sway has Mick Taylor's best solo. Little known fact: Pete Townshend sang backup vocals on Sway. Wild Horses is a crazy good song. One of the Stones best acoustic songs. When I listen to most of the songs from this era with long jams tagged on I think the jam should have been left on the cutting room floor. Can You Hear Me Knocking isn't a good song until the jam starts and Bobby Keyes enters. He still can’t save the song. You Gotta Move, is excellent. I like how the Stones threw in the odd cover during this era and also like how they mixes unrecorded covers into their live shows After Bitch the album really gets good. I Got The Blues is another excellent ballad with lots of depth and breadth including an insane hammond organ solo that I assume is Billy Preston. This is at least tied for best song on the LP. The haunting Sister Morphine is a beauty. Nothing like an anti drug song written by drug addicts. It just doesn't get any better than this. Dead Flowers is one of my top 10 Stones Songs. Fuck their hits. Moonlight Mile is a sleeper. I like it more each time I hear it.

This is a well-integrated album. Every song sounds like it belongs vs. some of the late sixties offerings, where the hits sound like they belong on another album. They move effortlessly from rock to blues to R&B and country twang and the production isn't quite as greasy as the Exile LP. Bobby Keys sax playing is standout especially in "Can't you Hear Me Knocking" where he leads off a very un-Stones like instrumental passage that ends with a Mick Taylor solo to fade out. For some reason (maybe the addition of Taylor) the guitar playing caught my attention more on this LP, but it's funny that the guitar work I was most impressed with was Ry Cooder in Sister Morphine. I'm tempted to deduct a point for the slaver whipping his women around midnight, but I'll pass seeing they pulled the song from live shows.

Its back to basics for the Stones and it results in this truly classic rock album with several of their best songs. When they were at the top of their game they were quite arguably the greatest rock and roll band in the world.

I was born in 1971 and this album is arguably the best from that year. With the exception of Brown Sugar being cringe to listen to, this is a fantastic album. Imagine if Exile on Main Street, Let It Bleed, and Beggars Banquet didn't exist—Sticky Fingers would be considered a masterpiece. It's a fabulous album with no less than 6 tracks being Classic Rock radio stalwarts but somehow don't feel tired when listened to in its entirety. With Charlie Watts recent passing I paid particular attention to the percussion on the album which is, of course, amazing. Great listen.

The high energy songs are just that... High energy, mixing your traditional rock and roll with wind, brass, and percussion, creating an almost orchestral feeling... And don't even get me started on that organ solo in I got the blues.... Good lord that was good.

Rolling Stone neutral

I always think I don't like the Stones, and then I listen to them and remember I like them a lot. Wild Horses might be my favorite track of theirs ever. What is it with every single 70s/80s rock group having an album cover that is: JEANS?

Perusvarma

Tää oli loistava. Sopi hyvin pidemmälle ajomatkalle ois mielellään kuunnellu pari kertaa, mut levykertymää piti ottaa kii

Excelente disco con muy buenas melodías, muchas de ellas muy reconocidas, con acordes simples y efectivos. Buena combinación de guitarras y batería

I didn't know I would be a fan of The Rolling Stones! Obviously I knew a lot of their songs, but I always thought of this band as a generic 60s/70s rock band. And I was wrong. Sticky Fingers is a joyous album, mixing some classic blues melodies, a little bit of rock and everything rolled in a juicy Mick Jaggers vocals. The album is a real even mix of blues and rock, and the perfect example of it would be 'Can't you hear me knocking. The flow of the song and the feeling of an extremely well oiled blues improv make it my favourite on this album and probably favourite from the band. Only issues I have is that Jagger's vocal is tiring you in big doses and the 'only' rock songs are a bit underwhelming. But still, really solid album!

This album has my favorite Stones song - Wild Horses; but has other great songs in Brown Sugar, Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Moonlight Mile. 8/10

A highly flawed album with redeemable qualities. I'll go through it song by song. Brown Sugar - They are really walking the tightrope here between celebrating rape and slavery, and simply commenting on it. The diehard fans might side with the latter argument, but I fail to see it. A shameful, tone-deaf song that sounds annoying even without the controversial subject matter. (-2) Sway - Straddles a middle ground of mediocrity, a commercially produced, radio friendly amalgamation that can't decide if it wants to go full on soulful blues, or full on edgy hard rock, so does a bit of both half assed, though finishes with a very nice crescendo. (±0) Wild Horses - A very pretty ballad. Nice guitar work. (+1) Can't You Hear Me Knocking - A lively tune about what sounds like a drug addict trying to break into someone's house. Would be a forgettable song on it's own, but the saxophone and guitar solos that follow make it easily the high point of the album. Not a coincidence that it's also the longest stretch we have without hearing Jagger's voice. (+1) You Gotta Move - Mick Jagger is back attempting a molasses paced traditional gospel blues number. Not the worst thing we'll hear today, but not exactly memorable. Props for crediting the original author *cough* Led Zeppelin *cough*. (±0) Bitch - The brass backing on this track is fantastic and lively enough to make this worth listening to, despite Mick Jagger's struggles to stay in tune. Harmonies are annoying. (+1) I Got the Blues - Slower numbers seem to suit Jagger much better. Nice horn flourishes. Organ solo was dope. (+1) Sister Morphine - Once again Jagger proves that laid-back numbers are more up his alley. Beautiful guitar playing, overall an atmospheric song. (+1) Dead Flowers - Thought the album was over, and YouTube auto-play algorithm shifted me onto some generic country. Nope, still the Stones. The worst of them in fact. Fake southern drawls, out of tune harmonies and uninspired crooning. (-1) Moonlight Mile - Shoulda ended the album with Sister Morphine. (±0) Final tally +2

Uujee! Rakastan! Todella hyvii biisejä. Ei ihan täysien pisteiden arvoinen mutta erinomaisen hyvä. 4/5

Vähän epätasainen, mutta salee paras rollarilevy Exilen kanssa.

Erittäin solid rokkilevy

Cant You Hear Me Knocking, while being on the best songs ever, is easy shorthanded in movies to communicate sleazy business goings-on.

Some skippable songs, but overall incredible vocals and progressively more progressive.

Probably my favorite stones record I’ve heard so far

Dunno why but I just get put off listening to this one - The best songs are not the singles (although Sway is great, if that counts) - Can't you hear me knocking probably my favourite, superb riff. Moonlight Mile. There's some nice blues and stuff. I much prefer Townes Van Zandt's version of Dead Flowers. It's a good album no question but I've never completely understood why it's vaunted by many as the best Stones album.

Good listening, classic rock is always top shelf.

Great album the whole way through!

Es ridículo lo bueno que es este disco. Aguante el rock clásico.

Best tracks: Brown Sugar, Wild Horses Sleeper: Moonlight Mile

A classic album from a legendary and influential rock band. Not much else to say.

This is a classic stones album! I’d highly recommend giving it a listen!

Prior to listening, I was expecting less than what I got. This album just reeks of pure rock'n'roll. The album starts off with the fantastic opening known as "Brown Sugar", later leading into classics such as "I Got the Blues" and "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?" With a wide variety of instruments such as the keyboards (used prior?) and even some jazz instruments. I am satisfied with getting more than I expected, and will admit the Stones are better than what I thought.

Best Song: Wild Horse. even though this song has attained a sort of cliché status, it really holds up. I find the main lyric of "wild horses couldn't drag me away" is really evocative, and Mick Jagger's giant personality is sufficiently under control here. Worst Song: You Gotta Move. Absolute travesty of an blues take. Overall: Having not grown up in the heyday of the Rolling Stones and instead knowing the group as a bunch of (impressive) geriatrics, they sit in a weird spot for me. I don't find their music particularly interesting, but it is very familiar. It's largely that familiarity that succeeds for me here.

first listen good, but didn't hold my attention

good stuff but not my cup of tea.

Better album than Aftermath. Songs are all stronger overall and feel less repetitive. Tapers out the longer the album goes on, but the first half especially is good.

Brown Sugar is a great way to start this album. I like this track! I will definitely listen to this album again.

The Stones were a great covers and singles band. Sue me.

This album had a lot of songs that I have heard somewhere else before but I never really knew where it came from. Overall it was a good album and I can see myself listening to it again

a true classic of rock and roll. 8/10 album

Cool album, probably fun to listen to outside at night drinking beers. Really liked the last few tracks

yes

J’ai vu souvent cet album mais je ne l’avais pas encore écouté dans son ensemble. Comme j’ai déjà mentionné, j’aime des pièces des Rolling Stones, mais rarement des albums en entier. Ici on y est presque. Je crois que c’est l’album que j’aime le plus finalement. Plusieurs classiques ici comme Brown Sugar, Wild Horses et Can’t You Hear Me Knocking. La pochette est emblématique. J’aime particulièrement la version en vinyle où il y avait une vraie fermeture éclair sur la pochette.

Lotta hits

This was cooler than expected but it's still just early 70s rock. I'll probably never really understand why these guys are so popular. Still, guess it's better than the Beatles. 3/5.

It’s basically a greatest hits album, and there are definitely some great songs. Wild, Wild horses is always great. Brown sugar is beyond problematic but at least they’ve retired that song concerts??

this was really refreshing, i’d never heard any of these songs before and enjoyed the album a lot

Classic, solid and good all around. But I'd give 5 stars to something like Exile, and that's not to say this one doesn't deserve it.

First good Rolling Stones album 4 I really enjoyed this one.

I love wild horses but give or take the rest

The stones just aren't my cup of tea. Some great moments here to try and convince me otherwise, but meh. I enjoyed reading about the making of this record though.

Brown Sugar is as hard and vulgar as the Stones get. Wild Horses is as beautiful as they get. A great album.

I super don't care about the stones. I think they are interesting, but shit feels and sounds so old it's almost country music to me lol. I don't know, not for me I guess.

Inicio de los Stones. Un 4.

Bien. Wild Horses

One of the Stones’ best albums. They’re at the height of their power here, taking blues, country and soul, making those genres their own, writing great songs and then jamming on them. “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” is probably my favorite song of theirs. That jazzy breakdown that ends up taking over the song… incredible stuff. I could jam to that forever.

Really great, timeless album. The hits are there, and I found myself enjoying the non-hits just as much, like "I Got the Blues" (with a great organ solo!), and the finishers "Dead Flowers" and "Moonlight Mile".

also so good.

Pretty sweet album. I think it’s the first time I’ve listened to a Stones album so I was happy to get into it. A decent amount of variation in the songs, but still everything is so well written and executed. The slower cuts were more appealing to me but the heavier ones still were quite nice. 7/10

Such a good album-- really defined their sound.

4, good content

I feel almost guilty that I don't actively like the Stones but they just don't provoke a reaction in me. This is a decent enough album, solid work and clearly skilled but I'm left feeling very meh by them. Longevity is their biggest selling point imo, and I kind of think everyone who's covered their stuff has done it better? :D Wild Horses was good but not something I'd mark out as must-listen.

Really like bits of this - Brown Sugar a classic, and Wild Horses is even better. Then it starts to go a bit downhill. Can't You Hear Me Knocking is overblown and self-indulgent, You Gotta Move carries on in the same vein, but it picks up again after that with Bitch and I Got The Blues. Nice, slow, really bluesy sound carries on a little, then gets more upbeat in style for Dead Flowers and Moonlight Mile is a nice chilled ending. Comfortable 3 for me, probably would've made a 4 without the two tracks that annoyed me in the middle.

It's raw. It's raucous. It's feral. It's sleazy. Much of "Sticky Fingers" captures The Rolling Stones at their peak, strutting through blues and country as though they own it, staying just the right side of gimmicky. There are some very famous tracks here in the form of "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses", but there are some unsung heroes here (or, unsung as any song by one of the biggest bands of all time can be). "Moonlight Mile" and "I Got The Blues" are gorgeous ballads. "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" is one of their best jams with a searing lead guitar performance from new member Mick Taylor. The horns in "Bitch"! The dizzying coda of "Sway"! The jubilant singalong of "Dead Flowers"! It all combines brilliantly, swelling up just like whatever our young cover star is hiding under his jeans. So why not the five stars? However catchy that opening riff might be, however danceable the instrumental feels, those lyrics to "Brown Sugar" were not okay in 1971 and they never will be. No amount of boomer nostalgia should change that, and in fact they're a key reason I can't go celebrating this as a perfect album. Also, "You Gotta Move" does nothing for me and "Sister Morphine" is eerily atmospheric but really brings the pace down. And finally, I'm waiting for "Exile On Main Street". One year on from here, it's where they'd really take off.

Slow, grimey, great tunes. Although that first track is a rough one once I figured out the lyrical content. Also the end of Can You Hear Me Knocking goes on a bit too long.

Moonlight Mile Pog

Quite a mix here which makes things interesting.

Favourite stones album

Sequencia fundamental do rock clássico.

I often feel awkward rating albums by bands like the Rolling Stones, because while I acknowledge their towering legend and inescapable influence, sometimes I just personally find them a bit underwhelming.

The Jimmy Miller era was The Stones at their absolute best. The epitome of Rock 'n' Roll, with all its roots and influences unraveled and laid bare. Though there are many timeless anthems on this album, my favorite track is probably "Can't You Hear Me Knocking." I feel like that track is fairly unique in their catalog, in that they start with an absolutely infectious chorus, but curiously choose to put it aside, in favor of going into one of the most exploratory instrumental jams of their career.

This ones a bit better for me after listening to Aftermath. Wild Horses is prob my fav, Brown Sugar and Can't You Hear Me Knocking are also great.

In my top 5 Stones albums for sure. I just wish that radio stations would remember that there are songs other than Brown Sugar on here!

I am not a hug Stones fan, having said that...even if you remove the two tracks that have been burned into your existence, Brown Sugar and Wild Horses...You still have Can't You Hear Me Knocking (personal fave), Bitch, and Moonlight Mile. Impressive album.

It was an okay rock album.

brabo. bem diferente do Exile On Main Street. tem tudo o que os Stones fazem de melhor. Wild Horses e Sugar Brown são hinos absolutos.

this album can be tortured

I bounced back and forth between a 4 and a 5 for this album. It was alright, then it was great (man, "Wild Horses" is just so good), then there was an extended saxophone solo, then it was really good again... I don't know, man. I think it's a 5-star album but it's just.... not quite there. It wanders a bit too much. So here's a 4. But it's a really REALLY strong 4. "Sister Morphine" is such a killer deep cut, though. So is "Moonlight Mile." Dang it. Okay, here's a 5. But it's a soft 5.

I give it like a 4.6. Probably my favorite Stones album with its deep blues roots.

04/29/2022 Impossible to not appreciate how big of an impression this album has had in so many artists and entire generations.

Was expecting this to be better.

Do the Stones have an album better than this one?

More blues and southern rock sound than anticipated. One hears "The Rolling Stones" and it may bring to mind certain thoughts about what they sound like. This record is the reason for that: it contains so many of the sounds they're known for. And, to this listener, it had a few surprises. All in all a good listen.

Classic

Always good to be reminded just how revolutionary the Stones were at the practice of taking the culture of black artists (mainly blues), watering it down, and presenting it to an eager *white* audience.

Better than I remember. The opening chords echo across all time, even as the naughty lyrics have reached full taboo. It’s lurid and grimy – ”Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” might be the druggiest song ever. One is pleasantly surprised by the lesser-known and underrated “Sway” and “I Got the Blues” and “Moonlight Mile,” which maintain a very high standard between the hits. “Bitch” (all-time horn lick) and “Dead Flowers” (such countrified tongue-in-cheekiness) also stand out. One can make the case that "Brown Sugar" is actually one of the weaker cuts. “Wild Horses” is borderline mawkish, but Mick fully owns it. Some longeurs late, but awfully good overall, if not quite Beggars Banquet. 4.4 / 4

1st half is great, 2nd half less so. Almost a but not quite

Liked it golden oldies

Pretty good album! Only knew one of the tracks and enjoyed the album overall

Not the best Rolling Stones album. Sounded very generic bluesy in a lot of places.

Rockin

I enjoyed

The first time they sounded like impressions of themselves. Licks and riffs made to measure and in all the expected places. At times, it's downright flat. 'Wild Horses' is a sentimental drag. Their 'Hey Jude'. 'Brown Sugar' is great music but not a great song. The subject is fine, it's the treatment--which has none of the mischievous, nuanced irony of 'Sweet Little Angel' or 'Downhome Girl'--that makes it offensive. Just a straightforward song about enjoying raping slaves. Ick. 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking' and 'Moonlight Miles are phenomenal--the former a gauntlet for anyone who thinks they can do this thing half as well as the Stones, the latter perfect in its slippery, uneasy beauty. 'Dead Flowers' comes close to those two--maybe the only song that recaptures the grotesque role-playing of Beggars Banquet. An album overrated for interfering the world-beating run from that one to Exile, but not even close to their level.

This is the third album recommended from the Rolling Stones. The three songs that I liked the most are all songs that I've heard before many times ("Wild Horses", "Dead Flowers", "Brown Sugar"). But even these tracks don't call to me for a second listen. I like covers of "Wild Horses" more than the original from the Stones. Overall, the album can be summed up as, "Sure, okay". It was an album, but I wouldn't miss it.

A pretty solid album. It still has some things I could nitpick like when Can't You Hear Me Knockin' starts going off the rails. You Gotta Move is annoying. But the rest is all pretty entertaining. Wild Horses is definitely one of my all time favorites from the band.

Possibly my favourite Stones album; Wild Horses and Dead Flowers my favourite tracks with only the clichéd blues numbers letting it down.

I will start by saying that the only two Rolling Stones albums I really, really like, aren't most likely featured on the book (I haven't checked and I don't want to, as I prefer to keep the surprise factor going on) As this record begins, with Brown Sugar, I come to understand why it is so highly regarded. I expected myself to be annoyed though. Great job, 1001 Albums Generator! Still, I can't help but wonder if this is sort of a way of getting away with the Altamont affair.  The sax is a nice touch.  The country leanings of the two following tracks, Sway and Wild Horses, don't cut it for me, but I can hear that the latter is a really beautiful ballad, if excessively syrupy to my taste. By Can't You Hear Me Knocking I am convinced that the recording sounds wonderful and that it makes the whole thing infectious. There is a risk that I add it to my wishlist.  I also liked You Gotta Move, which reminds me of Chuck E. Weiss, although this one came decades before. The brass section on Bitch is another nice touch.  By I Got The Blues/Sister Morphine I got genuinely bored. I can't take that much Lynyrd Skynyrd. 5 for the recording, sound quality, and arrangements, 2 for the slide guitars and the such. Generous 3.5

Wild horses is great but a lot of the rest is a bit meh, did grow on me though

Excellent album, one of my favorites. Brown sugar, wild horses, can't you hear me knocking. All good

RS

Genre: Blues Rock 3/5 For as much praise and adoration that's regularly dumped upon The Rolling Stones, their two albums I've listened to so far throughout this exercise have been rather underwhelming. Not altogether terrible, just disappointing. Let It Bleed was a project buoyed by its big singles, with the rest of the album packed with rock equivalents of doing the chores, formulaic and tedious filler. This, on the other hand, is a more cohesive project, with no one track overshadowing the others, but overall lacks that spunk and swagger that I feel a great Stones record should have. The production value on this is apparent, expensive strings and solid arrangements all around, but this doesn't make it a great album. Brown Sugar and Wild Horses are both "standouts", but neither are high-powered jams, settling instead for a purely straight blues approach, and Wild Horses is about 2-and-a-half minutes too long. Mick Jagger sounds great, but it really does sound as if the rest of the group is going through the motions. Not a bad album, but didn't hit the mark for me. I'm excited to get one of their more psychedelic albums in the future, but for now, this is meh.

17th March 2022 Listened in the morning. Went to Seb and Justo’s for dinner and canasta in the evening. Funny this is the choice when the Stones have just announced a European tour. Iconic in sound and design but was forgot the whiplash pace change going from Brown Sugar to Sway then Wild Horses.

I mean it's the Rolling Stones doing what they do best; some good old fashioned rock and roll. This album has a few classics, Wild Horses, Can you Hear Me Knocking and Brown Sugar. It's just a good solid album at then end of the day!

Always a toss up between this and Exile on Main Street for my favourite Stones album. I think sticky fingers just edges it, fewer songs make it more impactful as every song is great. Can’t you hear me knocking is one of my all time favourite stones songs. This is one of the all time great rock and roll albums a five star masterpiece.

4.5/5. Exile on Main > but still got some undeniable forever classics

I get it, The Stones are considered one of the greatest rock bands in history. Listening to this record though I considered that if I was in the mood for blues rock I'd rather go for Led Zeppelin or White Stripes, or whatever. The one thing that puts me off is that I can't stand Mick Jagger's vocals, at least on this record.

Bluesy and a bit country, classic classic rock.

Classic Stones

Great album, Can’t You Hear Me Knocking is phenomenal.

The third of four spectacularly great Rolling Stones studio albums in a row. I don't know what else there is to say here. "Can't You Hear Me Knocking," "Bitch," "Wild Horses," "Moonlight Mile" and "Dead Flowers" (and even the recently disavowed "Brown Sugar" could be one side of a Stones best of collection. I can't imagine giving this fewer than five stars.

Awesome album. Can you hear me knocking is a 10/5

A good album with a few great tracks

After the Beatles proved they could rock n’ roll on their first several albums, they began to expand their musical repertoire with a more eclectic array of sounds and lyrics. By 'Rubber Soul,' the ‘four headed monster,’ as Mick Jagger often called them, were more than just a rock n’ roll band, much more. The Rolling Stones, however, seldom ventured into other lands (like 'Their Royal Satanic Majesties Request,' or 'Black and Blue'), but instead remained true to the spirit of the pioneer blues and rock n’ roll artists they loved and grew up listening to. So, while the Beatles, I believe, are the greatest band of all time, the Rolling Stones are the greatest 'rock' band of all time. And 'Sticky Fingers,' I will further argue, is the greatest rock LP of all time. This is pure Filet mignon. No fat. Unless of course, you like fat (as I very much do), and in that event then let’s go with a lovely Ribeye. And we’ll just let the fat be the final track on side one, ‘You Gotta Move,’ which is my way of saying that even that little number is still super tasty following all that luscious beef you’ve already consumed in the four songs prior. Save plenty of room for the rest of the meal, though, side two. You’re going to want to dip a fresh buttered roll or two into all that juice dripping off of ‘Bitch,’ and dig into those other three side dishes before finishing with desert, ‘Moonlight Mile,’ the Crème brulee of album closers. While my first musical memory was of the early Beatles- ‘Please, Please Me,’ ‘Can’t Buy Me Love,’ ‘A Hard Day’s Night,’ ‘Help,’ and the like- the very first riff I recall that literally struck me down like Saul blinded on the road to Damascus was not from John and Paul, but Keith Richards’ opening guitar chords on ‘Brown Sugar.’ I later discovered that utterly unique chord sound he got was due to a variant string tuning. Simple as that. This explains why no one nor their brother could ever duplicate it entirely using traditional tuning. Anyway, Keith’s opening riff clutched my heart and the fingers stuck. And they never got unstuck. God help me, I still love that damn song- the sound of it, I mean- in spite of the troublesome lyrics. While the Stones contend it is merely a description (and not a glorification) of the horrors of slavery, still… the general musical composition of the song, and especially the rousing ‘I said yeah, yeah, yeah… woo!’ part at the end, isn’t exactly a lament. And then there is the racist stereotype that all black girls ‘dance so good.’ And other stupid shit. We know it. They know it. But that riff, man. That’s righteous, at least. As is the other straight ahead, flat out rocker, ‘Bitch.’ Flavor it up a little with some jazzy ‘Can’t You Hear Me Knocking’ or some swampy ‘Sway.’ Or, maybe you prefer the more traditional blues, down & dirty, ‘I Got the Blues,’ (go figure!) ‘You Gotta Move.’ Country fried rock? ‘Dead Flowers.’ Perhaps you’d like it unplugged, acoustic. You have your choice of the light ‘Wild Horses’ or the dark ‘Sister Morphine.’ And finally, how about that drive down the ‘Moonlight Mile’- rock symphony? Doesn’t hurt, either, to have Bobby Keys blowing his big ol’ raunchy Texas sax, or the roots master Ry Cooder on slide guitar. And three, count ‘em three- Nicky Hopkins, Jack Nitzsche and, of course, the 6th Stone, Ian Stewart- tinkling the ivories. And, of course, the Stones themselves. I’ve only a couple of things to add to all we already know: 1) While diehard fans bewail the death of founding member Brian Jones, claiming his lineup to be the only authentic Rolling Stones, most of the rest of us would agree that the Mick Taylor lead guitar years are the best Stones. And it hard to argue the facts, the sustained body of work beginning with 'Let It Bleed,' and continuing through 'Sticky Fingers,' 'Exile on Main Street,' and finishing with 'Goat’s Head Soup' (which, while not equal to the other three is still a pretty darn good LP, too, better than the best of loads of other good bands.) 2) If you forget the giant personalities of Jones, and then Jagger and Richards, and just listen to the music for its own sake, there was always a sense in the Stones’ musical performances that the train was close to coming off the tracks at any moment. Few bands sounded as loose, relaxed as the Stones without then falling apart at the seams in the process. And whereas lots of other, maybe most bands strive to sound tight, perfect, like Steely Dan, for example. But the Stones had that rare feel for sounding gloriously sloppy, while actually being quite proficient. Musical scholars have suggested that the reason for this is that bassist Bill Wyman played just a hair before the beat, while jazz loving drummer Charlie Watts, always played a tad behind the beat, characteristic of jazz tempo. ‘Course, Keith Richards would say they’re just making sure the roll was also in the rock. You listen, you decide. I’ve had sticky fingers from ice cream on a cone dripping down my hand on a hot summer day, sticky fingers from changing the oily chain on my bicycle, sticky fingers from the resin I put on my hands to grip a baseball bat; and, even sticky fingers from a pack of cigarettes I once liberated from a neighborhood convenience store in the very year this LP was released. I was 12 years old. And that very same year I also got sticky fingers from the sweat on my hand when I was invited to go to second base with a girl named Stacy, an early developer. The sticky fingers I suspect the Stones are mostly referencing, and none too subtly. I mean it is right there on the cover, out in the open, so this should not be a boner of contention.

Almost the dictionary definition of 70s classic rock, isn't it?

The Stones! Rock and Roll!

I really thought that I would have more fun with this today. It doesn't help that I don't care for Wild Horses. I guess this was my first listen for this album...that also surprises me...

Some undeniably great music on this album. Too bad Brown Sugar is such a groove because the lyrics are pretty despicable. I'm glad to read that the band's removed it from their setlist. Wild Horses used to be among my least favorite Stones' songs but it's grown on me. Dead Flowers and Moonlight Mile are new loves.

I know I’ve heard some of this before… maybe all of it… but it wasn’t ever a staple of my musical diet. I have no explanation for why that was the case but correcting that was long overdue. Sticky Fingers is an incredible album that lives up to its formidable reputation. The variety on this surprised me, what with some really amazing ballads, a great country song, and all The Rolling Stones rock and roll bravado I had expected.

Got a cool rock, funky vibe to it. I think the different vibes and melodies make it accessible for a wide range of audiences

Probably the best stones album I got so far. Much more consistent than a lot of their 60s discography.

No soy muy fana de los rollings. Me gustaron la mayoría de temas. Brown sugar creo que es mi preferido.

A bit of a classic really

The penultimate good Rolling Stones album. It's good, but not great; an effective mix of blues, rock and rock 'n' roll. Guitar, bass and drums with little else relative to the previous couple of albums.

Very good album, I can't choose a specific favorite but I found it very interesting that the original album cover came with an actual working zipper.

Dad music! Trucks, cassettes, and driving around on summer nights.

was good. highlights were wild horses and can’t you hear me knocking. don’t think I’ll listen to this fully anytime soon, but I enjoyed it a fair bit.

this was my first time listening to a rolling stones album in its entirety and it was a lot sicker than I expected. wild horses and bitch were definitely standout tracks for me. I prefer the more bluesy tracks on this album but the whole thing is quite good from start to finish.

Great

Banger after banger, so many classic riffs and songs.

You should never look this album's cover too close, it may poke your eye out.

initial thoughts: very good summer vibes, reminds me of being a kid and going on sunday drives towards the water with my family. dad has always been a stones fan fav off album: Can’t You Hear Me Knocking

Un album classique probablement le meilleur des stones avec let it bleed. 5*

Bit of an iconic album really

I like

ändå en go fyra

I had zero expectations coming into this album. At first I enjoyed it. It seemed to be a funky, classic rock album, with some nice sax. I lost interest a bit on the 7 minuter, but it was back strong with Bitch. Then the Stones came in with Sister Morphine. It seemed so different from the rest of th album, I instantly loved it Great band, great album.

It was alright

Rockin

I ain’t finna cap this album is kinda cool. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking is a banger

Fattar int

This album gets better every time, unlike other vaunted Stones albums where the highs remain high and the not-so-highs flatten out (BB, LIB). This is just a miracle of songwriting and tight playing from start to finish.

The best release of the band, in my opinion.

This is a pretty solid album, some songs are really good and I liked how they added more of a soul/blues style. The problem is, I just didn't connect with it that much. Wild Horses is exceptional though.

Brown Sugar Sway Wild Horses Can't you hear me knocking Bitch I got the blues Sister morphine Moonlight Mile putain de chef d'oeuvre

Not as good as exile but loved the horn arrangements

I really feel like I should be rating this higher, but the enjoyment just isn't there. Can I appreciate this album's importance? Yeah, sure. Do I see the technical skill, creativity, and musical ability that went into it? Of course. Do I actually want to listen to it again? Wild Horses yeah, but probably not the rest.

Masterpiece collection of rock music, that should not be doubted. So many different sounds that come together as the quintessential Stones sound that followed them since this album. Great from beginning to end with their best songs. Mick Taylor is the secret weapon here, with Jagger’s vocals at their peak.

What a masterpiece. Not a single bad songs, great variety in styles, great guitar play, big hits.... What's not to like

Listened to Sticky Fingers a lot at uni. It makes you feel dirty just by listening — and it's all the better for it. The remastered edition on Spotify is a bit unnecessary, I prefer the heroin-fuelled rawness of the original recording.

bem animadinho. lembrou meu pai e as viagens para martinópolis

Not a fan

For some reason, this has popped up a second time. Here is a copy paste of my previous review.... A couple of great singles (and Moonlight Mile, which is a tune), but otherwise a lot of boring, coke addled, sludgy, half arsed blues. There really aren't that many great Stones albums. I feel like they were much more a singles band. (Obviously Let It Bleed is an exception to this)

A great album, not much else to say. Hadn’t heard any of the songs from this album, but it was a good listen. Favorite Songs: Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, Moonlight Mile

1971 sure was a good year for music. So much really, really good early hard rock and prog rock. This isn't anywhere close to my favorite record of the year, but it's still great. The more I listen to, the more I'm convinced that the Brits are astronomically better at making rock music than Americans. Seriously, most of the greatest rock bands, I had assumed were American, only to find out they were British. The Rolling Stones especially have a lot of music that feels like homegrown American rock but ain't.

I don't think The Rolling Stones can quite pull of the range of genres they reach for in this album, but it's still quite good! I'm not the biggest fan of their attempts at slow songs, but I understand those songs' popularity.

Wat Rock, wat blues, goed gitaarwerk. Top album

Not the biggest Stones fan. I get it, I just don't get it the way the real fans do. That said, I don't mind this album. Favorite track I Got the Blues!

What a perfect set of songs… and gets better with every listen